Chapter 5

Section 5

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ionof firft. Exs of Salts, the which diflolves alk <=,
tion: Metals, and by the fame. work coagu-: ©-\-
| latest. : but this is not done but'by-a vio-: .
‘lent way , and therefore that kind of -A-*..
gent is again feparated entire, both in};~
id, |t weight and. vertue, from the things it is:

fetal.
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they |, put to. Wherefore the Wifemen did at

ihe | “Jength know and. confider that in gi the; ;.
| watery crudities,and the earthly feces,did
hinder it from being digefted 5 which be=y'2:.
‘qa | ing fixed in the roots thereof, cannot be;

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Cine OS fay, that § if it could but put off thefe

they knew that ¥ was deftinated (in the |

remain 5 butthefe being by accident cor-

_ grels from privation to habit or formis |!

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rooted out, but by turning the whole |
compound in and out. ‘They knew, I

things, it would prefently become Fix 5
far it hath init felf a fermental Sulphur ;

of which, ‘even the fmalleft grain would -
be fufficient to coagulate the whole Azer- |
curial Body , if only the Faeces'and Cru-. ppt
dities. could be removed. “This thing |}
therefore they attempted to bring to pafs
by various purging it, but in vain ; fora
much asthe forefaid Work requires both |
mortification and regeneration, for which

thereisneed of an Agent.Themat length |

bowels of the earth) to have beena Me-
tal, to which intent it retained:a daily |
motion, as long as the fitnefs of the place, _
and other externality well difpofed, did |

rupted, this immature Child or Offspring
died of its own accord : fo that it is be-
held: asa certain thing deprived of moti- |
on and life. But now an’ immediate re-.

impoflible, that is to fay,’ there isa pat |
five & in-¥ which ought to be attive; @ |
that’ it is needful to introduce into it ano= |

ae ther |

ther life of the fame nature in the intro-
‘ducing of which it ftirs up the hidden
life of %, fo life receives life; then at

} ftances,but in vain.
| offspring of Saturn in hand, and they.
found he. was the Stjlazx or tyer of .
/ Gold ; and whereas therefore it hath the _

power of feparating the Feces from ripe
) Gold , they thence became confident (by

“ing; and that only paflive, they found

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length it is fundamentally transformed or

| changed , and the defilements are volupe
tarily caft. away fromthe Centre , as we
| have abundantly enough written. in the
| preceding. Chapters.;’ This Life isin the”
“Metallick sulphur alone, which the Wile-

men fought for in ¢, and in fuch like fub-
Then they took the,

an argument drawn from the lower to

| the lefs) that it would do foin¥; but-

they proved that this alfo had its own de-

}) filements., and they remembred the old
} Proverb, Be. thow clean that defireft +0
} cleanfe another , thetetore they endevour-
| ing to purge it, found. ic altogether

impoffible , becaufe it had no Metalline . -

Sulphur init, though’ it abounded with’.

therefore they obferved a little Salpbur™

NOW

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now in this Childof } no a@ual 4, but
only potential 5: and therefore it entred in

Ariendfhip witha: burning Arfenical szl- q,
‘“phur., and foolifh as itis, it cannot fub- } 4;

fift in a coagulated form without this

Sulphur 5 and yet notwith{tanding it is fo fj |
fiupid, that ithad rather dwell withthe 94
Enemy, by. whom. it 1s’ fo exceeding Jy}
_ fireightly imprifoned, and commit Forni- Phy,

‘6, Cation, thanrenounce him and appear. un~ 94;

der a Afercurial, form. . Therefore they
fought further for anaGive 4, andthat }
moft throughly , and at length the faid. |
_Adag? {ought it, aad found it hidden in the

houfe of Aries, This 4 is moft greedi-
” ly received, by: the fon of h 5 which Me-

tallick matter is moft pure, moft tender, ]J,.,°

and mof{t near, to the firft Metallick Exs ,
void of ,all actual Sulphur but yet in pow-
er or capacity. to receivea =. It doth
therefore, draw this to it felf like a Azag-

“8 -\ ‘net. and fwallows it up/in its own belly ,

and hides.it; and the Omnipotent, that
he might moft highly adorn,this Work ,

‘hath. imprinted. his Royal. Seal:-thereon,

Then forthwith thefle 474g rejoyced when
they beheld the 2. not only found; but
alio. prepared ;. Then they endevoured
| to

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itt \¢o purge ¥therewith, but the fuccels was
(not anfwerable; ‘becaufe there was as”
yet am Arfenical Malignity commixt with

ti of # : the which evil though now4t was
1810 but little, in: refpect of the abundance
Oe} which it had in its own Mineral nature,
ding yet it with{tood and hindred all entrance.
Ul Therefore they aflaied. to contemperate
al this malignity of the Ait by the Doves of
lit)! zara, and then the event was anfwera-
ithtt) ble to their defires 5 then commixed they
| Life with Life, and moiftened the dry by
| the moift, and acuated the paflive by the
“| aGtive , and vivified: the Dead by the Li-
‘| ving: fo the heaven became clouded o-
}| ver for atime, which after large fhowers
wy) became clear again. Thus came out an

| putin the fire , and they coagulated him’
ils: | in time , yet’ not very long time 5 and in
| his coagulation they found moft pure ©
ut! and >: Then’ returning. to themfelves
why | they confidered that this depurated ¥, not
ICOM.) “as yet coagulated, was not as yet a Metal,
wial'| ‘but volatile enough 5 and’ they faw that
Lit | Gnits diftillation it left norhing remaining

10") their

tlib:| this 4 thus fwallowed up in the Child’ ab

| Hermaphroditical %, him therefore they :

met} jathe bottom , therefore they termed it,

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stoos*<"/ their unripe 6, and their living¢ , they P
*3.S4alfo confidered ‘that being that, out of ft '

which the true firft Ezs‘of Gold was (and [©
being as yet volatil what fhould it be but J"
the ground wherein © being fown, would | 3"
be encreafed in his virtue ;therefore they }
put @ in the fame, and (to their admirati-
on) the fire became therein volatile, the 9"
hard foft, the coagulated diffolved, Na- J
ture her felf being amazed thereat, f°
Therefore. they Married thefe two toge- be &
ther, and {hut them ina glafs, and placed | by tn
them at the fire, and governed the Work |i!
a long time as Nature required 5 fo the | nel
vivified became dead , and ‘the dead li- vi
ving, the body: putrified, and'rofe a glo- |
rieus Spirit’: ‘and the foul isat laft refol- |
ved into a> Quinteflence, the higheft |
Medicine for Animals, Metals, and Vege- ff

» OCHA PS ra. 3
Of tbe manner of making the perfect
Magiftery za general.

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thy hath fhewed thefe Secrets of Nature to
tga, which he hath hidden from the eyes
fn} of moft men. Thofe things therefore
eby| Which are» freely given to ‘us by that
‘old | great Giver , we will lay open freely and
they faithfully to other {tudious men. Know
ints (therefore, That the greateft fecret of our)
te Operation, is no other thing thana coho-

\Na.| bation of the Natures of one thing above |

| the other , until the moft digefted virtue

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requifite, firft, an exact preparation and

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fitnefs of the things that enter into the

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.4).| Work g fecondly, a good difpofing of ex-
oe | ternal things; thirdly, things being thus
ak | prepared, there is requireda good Régi-

helt
jee: | APPearances in the Work is required, that

| your procedure therein be not blindfold 5
fifthly, Patience, that the Work be not
haftened, or head-longly governed. , OF
all-which we will {peak in order, asmucn
| as one Brother to another.

tog | be extracted out of the digefted (body) ©
heel | by the Crude one. But .there,is hereto:>

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CHAP. 13. and
Of the Ufe of a ripe 2, in they
Work of the Elixir.o 4 !

Sy W ag have fpoken of the neceffi-
ty of the ¥.and have delivered J, ©
_, Many fecrets of ¥, which (before me) }.''
s were barren enough to the World 5’ be=| 4
, canfe almoft all -Chymical Books ‘do a: f,
Botind either with obfcure Zxignas, or |
fophiftical Operations , ‘or with a heap of J”
rough and‘uncouth words. Ihave not f°)!
done {0, refigning my will in this thing to
the- Divine Pleafure , who (in this laft |
period of the World) feems to ‘me to
be about the opening of thefe Treafires: 9°
Therefore I do'no'more fear that the Art
willbe‘ difefteemed, far be it from me,
this cannot be 3 for true Wifdom will de>
fend it felf inexternal Honour. Tcould
wilh, Phat Gold'and Silver would at alt FY
be of as mean in efteem as Dirt, which FM"
hath been hitherto the great Idoladored J)
by the whole World ; then we who know
thefe things fhould not need fo ftudioufly
to hide our felves: For we judge our
| : {elves |

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felves to have received’ ( as it were) the

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_ and figh, that is tofay, Weare driven, as
‘twere,from theF ace of theLord,and from
the'pleafant Society which we heretofore
had with our Friends; without fear. But

| now we are tofled up and down, ‘ahd as

it- were befet with Furies; nor can we
fuppofe our felvesfafe, in any one place
long. Weoftentimes take up Complaints
and the Lamentations of Cai unto thé
Lord, Behold whofoever fhall find me, frail

kiil we. We Travel through many Nati-

ons, juft like’ Vagabonds ; and‘dare not
take upon us the Care of a Family, nei-
ther do we poflefs any certain Habitati-
on. And although we pofiefs all things,
yet can we ufe but a few. What there-

fore are we happy in, excepting fpecula-_

tion only, wherein we meet with great {a-
tisfactionof the Mind > Many do believe
(that are ftrangers to the Art) that if
they fhould enjoy ity they would do fuch
jandfuch things’; {0 alfo even we did for-
mérly believe, but being. grown’ niore
wary, by the hazard wehave run, we
have chofen'a more fecret Method. For
whofoever hath: once efcaped ‘the ‘emi-

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neht perils of his Life, he will (believe

me) become more wife for the timeto
come. ’TisaProverb, Batchelors Wives
and. Maids Children are well cloathed. or
vyourifhed, 1 have found the World pla-

ced in a moft wicked pofture , {o that |
there is fcarce a Man found, whatfoever } co ot!
Face he bears of Honefty,and howfoever H know,
he feems to heed publick things , That 1} pigs!
doth not prepound unto himfelf, fome | Men
private, bafe, and unworthy end. Nor: } ont!
“is any mortal Man able to effect any thing | an {
alone, no not in the works of Mercy 5 }) Am:
except he would run the hazard of his: cia
Head; which my felf have of late exper] tea
rienced, in fome ftrange or forreign pla= } fio
ces ,, where I have adminiftred the Me- } cyl
dicine to fome, ready to dye , diftrefled } boo
and affliGed with the miferies of the’ doth
Body : and they having recovered mira~ | yi/d
_culoufly, there hath prefently been a ru} ¢f the
mour {pread of the Elin of the Wile= | hin ;
men, infomuch that once I. have been] fi
forced to flie by night, with exceeding} hei)
great troubles , having changed my gar- and
ments, fhaved my head, put on other thy.
hair, and alrered my names elfe 1 had} ni,
fallen into the hands of wicked Men,that} jh ;
lay} |

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lay in wait for me ( meerly for fufpiti-
on only accompanied with the moft gree-
dy thirft after Gold.) I could reckon up
many fuch like things, which will feem ri-

eit |
Ct
ues
Lot |
plas |
ut | but know thefe and thefe things, I would
wt} do otherwife than fo: But yet letthem
vel know, that it is a tedious thing for inge-
ha nious Men to have converfe with blockith
one} Men. And as for thofe that are ingeni-
No) ous,they are fubtile,crafty,quick-fighted 5

img) and fome of them have as many eyesas
Itsy) Argus 5 fome are curious , fome are Ma-
Lisl) chéaweléans that {earch into the life, man-

pe] hers, and actions of Men,moft throughly,
ip from whom to hide our felf is very difi-
Me cult, efpecially if there is any familiar
clea) Knowledge (or converfe.}) If ‘any one
‘thel doth think thus of himfelf, vx. That he
nit] would do fo and fo (were hea Pofleffor
atu | of the Stowe) Iwould willingly fay unto
Wie} him thus (22. Thou art perchance a
hel] familiar acquaintance of an Adeptift ,
dingy he would prefently confider with himfelf;
sar and fay, This is intpoffible, fortis great
othe) Chace but I (hould once fee wt 5 and by my fa-
{Indl eeliar conver{e with hing, it could not be but
ott that I fhould {mel i¢ ont. Khouthat ima-
Ny) ie ) 2 gineft

diculous to fome; for they Il fay, DidI |

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gineft thefethings of thy fel’, Thinkeft
thou that others do not abound with as
much quick-fightednefs as thy felf, who
would be able to difcern thee > For ‘tis
expedient to have converfe with forme ;
elfe thou fhalt feem to be another quick
Diogenes; But if thou aflociate thy felf
with the Vulgar, this ig unworthy 5 but if
* thou fhalt contract familiarity with Wife-
“men, it behoves thee 'to be molt highly
wary, leaft fome of them difcern thee ,
with the’ fame facility as thou believeft
thy felf capable of finding out,as ‘twere,
another Adept:f# (thou being ignorant
of the known Secret) If only thou wert
able to have a familiar confortfhip with
him; thou wilt not fo’readily difeern That
an opinion, being but a conceited one,
is without great inconvenience’, even a.

flight conjecture fhall be fufficient to

procure a ‘lying in wait for theé 3 for